A man dropped his trousers and committed a “lewd act” in view of three teenage girls in Mildenhall.

The girls had been waiting in College Heath Road, close to Hornbeam Road, when they noticed a man who had been stood on the opposite side of the street for around half an hour.

A spokesman for Suffolk Constabulary said: “The man then dropped his trousers and committed a lewd act, at which point the girls screamed and he ran away.”

It happened at around 4.45pm on Monday.

The man described as white, aged in his late twenties to early thirties, wearing a black hooded top, black beanie hat, black tracksuit bottoms with white stripes down the side and white trainers.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Pc Ben Richardson at Mildenhall Police Station on 101, quoting reference MH/14/465, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.